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luvagoodstory, May 22, 2013

I am surprised this book got such great reader reviews. I do love fantasy, but this one did nothing for me. I was disappointed in the characters especially the main one. Quentin was... ugh... always feeling sorry for himself. It was all teenage angst in my opinion. Which is interesting because one of the reviews said it was an adult version of Harry Potter etc. Teenage angst is not an adult subject it is a reminder of all the petty stuff adults don't care about because they have grown up. Possibly since sex and drugs were added that may mean adult? -(which may have been the only appealing topic in the book) I wanted more magic and interesting characters to keep me turning the pages. I read this book because I heard it compared to other epic stories. I did not think it even came close. Unfortunately I did not care what happened to the characters. I felt the characters had no depth and were very shallow (except possibly Alice). I felt the setting was not very engaging. I like it when the author puts you into their world, but I did not get that from this book.

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